The soil microbiome is crucial for improving the services and functioning of agroecosystems.
Numerous studies have demonstrated the potential of soil physical–chemical properties in …

In this chapter, we review the existing literature on bacterial–fungal interactions in soil,
exploring the role fungi may play for soil bacteria as providers of hospitable niches. A focus …

Microbial communities play important roles in all ecosystems and yet a comprehensive
understanding of the ecological processes governing the assembly of these communities is …

Understanding the changes in plant–microbe interactions is critically important for predicting
ecosystem functioning in response to human‐induced environmental changes such as …

Fungi fulfil a range of important ecological functions, yet current understanding of fungal
biodiversity in soil is limited. Direct DNA extraction from soil, coupled with polymerase chain …

The methodical developments in the fields of molecular biology and analytical chemistry
significantly increased the level of detail that we achieve when exploring soils and their …

Although land use drives soil bacterial diversity and community structure, little information
about the bacterial interaction networks is available. Here, we investigated bacterial co …

Many world ecosystems are in various states of decline evidenced by erosion, low
productivity, and poor water quality caused by forest clearing, intensive agricultural …

Understanding the processes that regulate communities of microorganisms is a key issue
and focus in microbial ecology. Although fungi play a critical role in soil biogeochemical …

Soil microbial communities are fundamental to maintaining key soil processes associated
with litter decomposition, nutrient cycling, and plant productivity and are thus integral to …